hi there,

Agree with Ian that you should demonstrate some connection with the offices you want to apply to. Have you studied there, worked there, or have solide personal reason (e.g. family) to be there?

Don't be wishy-washy in the selection. The firms have a big pool of candidates and they would prefer someone who has connection or someone they can see a potential time/geo committment for that office.

If you don't have any good reason for London or ME offices, it would be better to apply to your home office, then ask for internal transfer later.

Best,

Emily

Hi there,

There's no concrete answer here on how to optimize this!

However, what I can recommend is picking the 1-2 offices where you legitimatelly have a connection and apply to those.

If you have never worked in London, never been there, and don't have rights to the EU, I would focus on Middle East and Home country. Same goes for Middle East if the situation is the reverse.

You need to 1) Have evidence on your resume that you know/understand/can work in the target office country and (ideally) 2) have networked with people in that office. Otherwise you're just another name on the table!

Think about it, if you were a recruite rin London and you looked at your resume (amongst all the other thousands), would you interview you?

(editiert)

Dear A,

Yes, this is a good consideration, how you can specify your office preferences. You can also shortly mention your geographical preferences in your cover letter to make it sound even more explicit.

If you need help in finding job in order to stay after your MBA, drop me a line, I have already placed several candidates and I have pretty good networking in Europe.

Best,
André